Jewel Casket
The casket has been veneered in a technique known in Russia as "Roman mosaic." Very thin sheets of malachite are cemented to the metal base, and any spaces left between the sheets are filled with a paste consisting of pulverized stone and cement. The surface is then polished....
Artifact
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id
27492
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, ca. 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1597_3Qtr_TR_T02.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1597_3Qtr_TR_T02.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1597_3Qtr_TR_T02.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1597 |
Terms
Medium
malachite, gilded bronze
Genre
boxes (containers)
Relations
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